Significant earthquakes of 1158

1158 Earthquake: Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria

1158 · 20,000 deaths

An earthquake struck Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria in 1158. It killed 20,000 people.

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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date
1158
Place
Antakya, Malatya,dimashq, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
38.400° N, 38.350° E
Country
Syria

The toll

Deaths
20,000
Damage
Extreme (about $25 million or more)
Houses destroyed
Very many (over 1,000)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

1158, Syria. At Malatia it was felt in the direction N. to S. 20,000 persons perished, and Antioch, Tripoli, Damascus, Aleppo, and many other towns were ruined. Other authorities give the dates 1159 and 1160. (reference #521)

1158, Asia Minor, Syria, Malatia, Antioch, Tripoli, Damascus, Aleppo, 20,000 persons perished, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts.

(reference #1055)

In Syria, etc., 20,000 perished. (reference #1073)

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Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 416.